Patents by Inventor Kerry A. Goodsel

Kerry A. Goodsel has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Structure and method to compensate for thermal edge loss in thin film heaters
    Patent number: 7025893
    Abstract: A thin film heater includes at least two open regions formed along each of two spaced-apart edges of the thin film material, which edges are parallel to two spaced-apart edges of the underlying substrate. The open regions expose areas of underlying substrate. When electrical power is coupled to the two spaced-apart edges of the thin film material, uniformity of the heat generated across the thin film material is enhanced. The substrate may be planar or curved, and the open regions in the thin film material may be removed from deposited thin film material, or may be formed by preventing deposition of thin film material in such regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2006
    Assignee: Thermo Stone USA, LLC
    Inventors: Arthur J. Goodsel, Scott A. Cooper, Kerry A. Goodsel
  • Structure and method to compensate for thermal edge loss in thin film heaters
    Publication number: 20050035111
    Abstract: A thin film heater includes at least two open regions formed along each of two spaced-apart edges of the thin film material, which edges are parallel to two spaced-apart edges of the underlying substrate. The open regions expose areas of underlying substrate. When electrical power is coupled to the two spaced-apart edges of the thin film material, uniformity of the heat generated across the thin film material is enhanced. The substrate may be planar or curved, and the open regions in the thin film material may be removed from deposited thin film material, or may be formed by preventing deposition of thin film material in such regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Arthur Goodsel, Scott Cooper, Kerry Goodsel